Ceropegia radicans

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Ceropegia radicans
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Ceropegia
Species:
C. radicans
Binomial name
Ceropegia radicans
Subspecies
  • Ceropegia radicans smithii(M.R.Hend.) R.A.Dyer [1]
  • Ceropegia radicans radicansJ.P. Roux [2]

Ceropegia radicans is a species of herb in the family Apocynaceae. [3] The leaves are fleshy and glabrous and it has a large cage-like flower with a slender tube swollen at the base, and divided into five segments at the top. [4] It grows up to 20cm in height. [5]

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References

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  2. "Ceropegia radicans subsp radicans [family ASCLEPIADACEAE] on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
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  4. "Ceropegia radicans". www.llifle.com. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
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